Tri-West Promotes Kyle Martin to Boys Basketball Head Coach

Tri-West High School turned inward to fill its boys basketball vacancy, promoting assistant Kyle Martin to head coach of the Bruins on March 19, 2026. The move came immediately after a coaching change in the program and was positioned as an internal hire, with athletic director Scott Knapp making the announcement via a school release.

Martin's connection to Tri-West runs deeper than his recent stint on the bench. He logged previous experience with the program from 2000 to 2007 and picked up additional coaching time at Edgewood while attending Indiana University. His father, Gus Martin, is a long-time Tri-West administrator, and Kyle has lived in Pittsboro since 2017. The hire, according to reporting that cited pending board approval, formalizes what Knapp described as exactly the kind of steady hand the program needs right now.

"We are excited to have coach Martin lead our boys basketball program," Knapp said. "His experience, leadership, and deep roots in the Tri-West and Pittsboro communities make him the right person. Stability is what we need. And that is exactly what coach Martin offers. He will coach our kids at a high level, the right way, yet hold them accountable. When players understand their roles and responsibilities to the team, and buy in, success will ultimately follow. I hope he is here for many years to come."

Off the court, Martin works as a self-employed IT consultant with the U.S. Army, focusing on modernizing processes through software development. He serves on Pittsboro's advance planning commission and is currently running for a seat on the town council this fall. He and his wife, Angela, have a 9-year-old daughter, Emily.

The combination of institutional familiarity, community investment, and family roots in Pittsboro makes Martin an unusual coaching hire: someone who was already there long before he was asked to lead.